Saturday, July 20, 2019

Saturday, July 20th: After Another Successful Pair Of Flights, Event #2 Scheduled To Eclipse Guarantee This Afternoon!!!!

ICYMI: With Event #2 getting off to an incredible start on Thursday, the quickly surrounding the tournament was...."could things continue in similar fashion?"  Once again, the answer was given pretty quickly, as Flight 1C (11:00am) ended up attracted a total of (199) entries.  While not the fields of (200+) we saw the day before, it was still a number that nobody could have expected.  From that total, (29) players bagged chips for Monday's Day 2, with the official Flight 1C chip counts listed below:


RyanMiller1,120,000
AnthonyBennett698,000
MarlonRamos616,000
FrancisMargaglione523,000
NelsonCedeno485,000
AndreBryan481,000
RalphSpadafar476,000
TrentSmith451,000
EdgarOstos383,000
DarrellSulle365,000
HerbertNairn363,000
MotiGary334,000
StevenCosta333,000
PJ Capozziello305,000
FredWhite252,000
FabioBaduy243,000
JairoVelasquez221,000
RobertGarcia214,000
BernieBeloff210,000
GreggGrosheim185,000
JosephHenderson182,000
DanielMiller181,000
MarcFreund180,000
TomPuccio171,000
MarkBrannick158,000
Fabio Santos150,000
SerbanTomuta139,000
MichaelTrathew138,000
EricBrewster118,000
DaveDi Giovanni100,000
MichaelMay70,000
DNR31,000
StevenLipkins27,000

The numbers kept rolling in for the evening flight (Flight 1D), which got underway at 6:00pm.  After eight levels of open registration, the field would close with (197) total entries, of which (33) players bagged chips for Day 2.  Official Flight 1D chip counts are listed below:

PedroAldave1,030,000
FariborzZojaji780,000
RobertoAlvarado721,000
MichaelFiorenzo694,000
ArturTishchenko540,000
SagiZommer518,000
ThomasFarrell504,000
MarcDuquette423,000
AlanBrostoff416,000
FredrickHall406,000
RussStamper374,000
RobertTransue322,000
AJUmstatid316,000
JoseOrdonez289,000
MichaelRalyea253,000
ElliotGoldman253,000
FarrellLapi236,000
CesarGonzalez230,000
JoseDeFaria230,000
HomeroMolina215,000
MichaelMarks211,000
ChristopherLim184,000
YuriChiozzo173,000
AlanWerner160,000
LenardBlack142,000
Phillip Randazzo128,000
BriceLannes115,000
IanLoew100,000
LorenzoRivera80,000

With a combined total of (812) entries, Event #2 of the FSPC has a running prize pool that is already at $81,200, and will likely eclipse the $100,000 guaranteed number this afternoon.  This is one of the most successful tournaments we've seen in a long while at the Isle Poker Room, and will four flights remaining, we could so a final number that doubles the guarantee!!!


Tournaments: Event #2 ($130 No Limit Hold'em $100,000 GTD)  has four flights over the next two days, with Day 2 players returning on Monday (at 1:00pm).  Each of the starting flights are structured with 50,000 unit starting stacks, and levels that will last (30) minutes throughout the event.  Registration is open through Level 8 each day, allowing players who decide to enter last minute, a great opportunity to still play deep tournament poker.  Today's action begins at 11:00am with Flight 1C, and will be followed by Flight 1D, which begins at 6:00pm.

Sandwiched between the two starting flights for Event #1, is another $80 No Limit Hold'em Step Satellite, into the $340 NLH FPSC Main Event Mega (July 23rd).

Promotions: Things begin with the "Full House Promo," which opens the doors seven day a week!!!  The proceedings begin once the doors of the poker room open, with the first (25) full houses made, earning a $50 prize.  Each jackpot eligible cash game is included in the promotion, with two rules to keep in mind, when thinking about winning the $50.  In order to be eligible, the full house must be made using two cards, and must be the winning hand.


The "standard" high hands will be awarding $150 every (20) minutes (from 9:00am-6:00pm).  Every jackpot game is eligible for the same amount, with the full $150 being rewarded, regardless of one or two cards being used to make the high hand.  For those players in tournaments, two-card high hands are worth $100, with one-card high hands walking away with $50.

From 6:00pm-12:00am, the high hands will still be awarded every (20) minutes, but the winning amount goes up to $400 (for high hands using both cards).  Those winning high hands that are made using one card (during that time period), will be awarded $200.

From 12:00am-3:00am, the high hand will be awarded $100 every (60) minutes.

11:00am: 2019 Florida State Poker Championships | Event #2 $130 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) Flight 1E

- Players start with 50,000 in tournament chips
- Late and re-entries for the first (8) levels
- Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack
- Levels will last (30) minutes

3:00pm: $80 NLH Step-Satellite Into $340 FSPC Main Event Mega-Satellite ($1,500 No Limit Hold'em $300,000 GTD) 3 Seats GTD

- Players start with 8,000 in tournament chips
- Late and re-entries for the first (10) levels
- Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack
- Levels will last (15) minutes

6:00pm: 2019 Florida State Poker Championships | Event #2 $130 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) Flight 1F

- Players start with 50,000 in tournament chips
- Late and re-entries for the first (8) levels
- Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack
- Levels will last (30) minutes